About the Authors

Margarita Florencio

mflorenciodiaz@gmail.com

Affiliations CE3C —Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal, CITA-A, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Jorge M. Lobo

Affiliation Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Pedro Cardoso

Affiliations CE3C —Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal, CITA-A, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Mário Almeida-Neto

Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Paulo A. V. Borges

Affiliations CE3C —Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal, CITA-A, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF JML MAN PC PAVB. Performed the experiments: PAVB PC. Analyzed the data: MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF JML MAN PC. Wrote the paper: MF JML MAN PC PAVB. Conceived the idea, performed the statistical analyses and led the manuscript writing: MF. Collected the data: PAVB PC. Actively collaborated in the manuscript writing, statistical analyses, and data interpretation: JML. Provided ideas and comments on statistical analyses and interpretations: MAN.